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Mr. Kaplan is a partner at Aaronson, Rappaport, Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP, specializing in medical malpractice defense and healthcare litigation.

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This case involves an eight-year-old patient who originally presented with a chief complaint of right-sided abdominal pain and one episode of vomiting.

Was loss of ovary in this pediatric case avoidable? 

This case involves induction of labor for a suspected large for gestational
age (LGA) baby in a mother with a normal antepartum course.

Shoulder dystocia: The unpredictable nightmare

Allegations in this complex case include negligence in performing laparoscopic hysterectomy and delaying treatment of bladder injury.

Did delay in bladder repair cause urologic issues?

The patient had a history of fibroid uterus and dilated pelvic vessels in the left adnexal region, obscuring the left ovary. On April 2, 2014, the patient was seen as a gyn outpatient at the clinic by Defendant OB. 

The patient complained it caused her urinary tract irritative symptoms and back pain. An MRI was ordered for evaluation. A 9.9cm exophytic fibroid arising from the posterior uterine body with focal cystic degeneration was seen.

Legally Speaking: Did contraindicated hysterectomy lead to HIT and limb loss?

The outcome in this case underscores the importance of excellent legal representation and scrupulous expert witness selection.

Legally Speaking: Unrecognized bowel injury during surgery: How important are your attorney and the expert witnesses?

This month's web-exclusive Legally Speaking article examines a case where conflicting expert testimony and a sympathetic mother made for a difficult decision.

Did delay in assessing decreased fetal movement result in brain injury? 

MS COLLINS is an attorney specializing in medical malpractice in Long Beach, California. She welcomes feedback on this column via e-mail. Click on the envelope icon to email.

A patient filed a lawsuit on behalf of her child alleging negligence by her obstetrician in delaying the delivery when she was in the hospital contracting and had severe abdominal pain. Thus, her uterus was allowed to rupture, which caused the child’s severe brain injury. Plus more malpractice cases.

Legally Speaking: Uterine rupture

This case illustrates the importance of obtaining informed consent for any procedure.

Legally Speaking: Patient sues after wrong ovary removed

A patient charges that her infant’s injuries could have been avoided.

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